This is weird - the root and normal user have the same font smoothing
settings, but they are different:
[image: http://sweb.cz/sedlak.mar/font.jpg]
As you can see, in the left is Firefox opened by normal user and in the
right is SMART opened by root. The font of normal user is more blurry
and I think it’s less readable. I find the font of root better. But how
it’s possible that it’s different, when the font smoothing settings is
exactly the same in root and normal user?
You are correct the fonts are VERY different. But, are you sure it is
not just because Firefox has a DIFFERENT rendering engine…what
happens if you start firefox as root (from a terminal) and smart as a
normal user??
Or better yet, open one instance of firefox as a normal user, and a
different instance as root.
Hi Trainzak
not sure why the fonts would be different. However, I must caution you
at the danger of running a desktop environment as root, not to mention
opening a web browser as root…
I suggest if you continue testing this, to use two normal users and not
the root user.
Personally, my opening page is ON my computer (for obvious security
benefits). He shouldn’t need not venture further to see the fonts
rendered for root are the same (I guess) as those rendered for a
normal user. (Which makes his question self answering.)
Odin;1922586 Wrote:
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> I guess that depends on what he connects to, huh?
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Thats true – however why play with fire unless you have a very good
reason to do so? I do not presume to know the reason Trainzak is
exploring this…just thought i would throw out a word of caution!
